"Evening"

A young woman with long auburn hair and glasses sits curled in an armchair, a pale yellow-green shawl draped over her shoulders and lap, absorbed in a small red book held open in her hands. Beside her a lit lamp with a fringed shade and a mug stand on a low table, and two framed pictures hang above the sofa in the warm-toned room behind her.

Terracotta, rust and warm grey pastel strokes are rubbed and layered to give the whole scene a glowing, enveloping warmth, the light from the lamp pooling softly across her face and the folds of the shawl. The blurred, textured surface and lack of sharp outlines lend the reading figure a private, contemplative stillness.